"It's All About Transparency and Accuracy"

The RE-600 Songbird is HiFiMAN's finest in-ear model to date. It delivers the same compelling, best-in-class performance that music-lovers have come to expect from HiFiMAN.

The RE-600 Songbird was part of a multi-year project for HifiMAN intended to offer a higher level of performance and comfort for the category. Advanced ergonomic design aids both ease-of-use and comfort while an all-new, 8.5mm custom-designed driver utilizes a special titanium coating for remarkable detail and extended frequency response. In fact, the exclusive RE-600 driver is patent-pending.

"With the RE-600, it's all about transparency and accuracy," notes Steve Guttenberg, in his Sound&Vision review for June 19, 2014. "While you might think that's a given with all audiophile headphones, most have at least some bass bulge or midrange enhancement. The RE-600 plays it straight down the middle."

"I think paying extra for the RE-600 Songbird is a lot like going for a prime cut of aged rib eye over a select grade cut of beef," raves Stephen Hornbrook, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity, December 2013. "Sure the select grade steak will taste pretty good and fill you up, but you miss out on the tenderness, juiciness, and butteriness of a well-marbled prime."

"More Refined at Higher Listening Volumes"

"The folks at HiFiMan have spent years establishing their brand, and the RE-400 and RE-600 finally have both the sound and the polish to become more than a niche audiophile product, which is all the more impressive considering that the company does all of its own manufacturing," reports ljokerl in an InnerFidelity.com review for Aug 31, 2013.

"The smoother RE-600 remains more refined at higher listening volumes and makes the lower-end model sound a touch grainy in comparison -- great for those who find the RE-400 to be too bright and unforgiving or simply prefer a softer treble presentation."

High Quality Materials

The addition of Neodymium magnets for high output at a minimal weight and premium crystalline copper and silver cabling helps deliver all the music as it was originally intended. The elegant design takes advantage of high quality materials. Advanced ergonomics deliver a superb fit and comfort in a compact size.

According to HiFiMAN Founder and President, Dr. Fang Bian, "Though HiFiMAN is best known for our full-size, planar-magnetic headphones, because there are so many applications today for portable audio, we wanted to offer an audiophile-grade in-ear model that would achieve the same level of performance and success."

"With the RE-600, it's all about transparency and accuracy. While you might think that's a given with all audiophile headphones, most have at least some bass bulge or midrange enhancement. The RE-600 plays it straight down the middle. As I cruised through a wide variety of tracks I noticed how different each one sounded. When you stop and think about it, they should be wildly different, as they were all recorded at different times, in different studios, with different engineers and recording chains. With the RE-600, those differences are laid bare."

- Steve Guttenberg, Sound&Vision, June 19, 2014

"I think paying extra for the RE-600 Songbird is a lot like going for a prime cut of aged rib eye over a select grade cut of beef. Sure the select grade steak will taste pretty good and fill you up, but you miss out on the tenderness, juiciness, and butteriness of a well-marbled prime. If you want more dimension and tangibility to your music reproduction, the truth is, it costs extra. Opt for the RE-600 Songbird over the RE-400 Waterline if that is what you are looking for and I highly doubt you will be disappointed."

- Stephen Hornbrook, Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity, December 2013

"The newest HiFiMan earphones should appeal to the casual listener better than the models they replace while holding very close to the HiFiMan sound many -- myself included -- have come to love. The folks at HiFiMan have spent years establishing their brand, and the RE-400 and RE-600 finally have both the sound and the polish to become more than a niche audiophile product, which is all the more impressive considering that the company does all of its own manufacturing."

"The smoother RE-600 remains more refined at higher listening volumes and makes the lower-end model sound a touch grainy in comparison -- great for those who find the RE-400 to be too bright and unforgiving or simply prefer a softer treble presentation."

"In addition to the matured design and packaging, improvements over the previous-gen models include a more robust construction and better ergonomics. The higher-end RE-600 model also improves on the RE-400 with a thicker cable, much fancier packaging, twice as many eartips, and a balanced wiring configuration. It's definitely 'Stuff We Like.'"